This section covers 25 “up and coming” companies that are developing partner programs — but their efforts remain a work in progress.

25 Up and Coming Open Source Companies

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Company Specialty Channel Chief Title
Acquia Content management Jay Batson CEO and Co-founder
Actuate Rich Internet applications Peter Cittadini President and CEO
Azingo Open Linux mobile software Krish Kupathil VP, Strategic Alliances and Business Development
Canonical Linux Chris Kenyon Director of business development
CentralPointe Open source for service providers Michael Proper CEO
Concursive Corp. CRM Jeff Herskey VP, Business Development
eRacks Open Source Systems Linux and BSD rackmount servers M Haskvitz Sales
Funambol Mobile messaging Rony Greenberg Senior VP, Strategy and Business Development
JumpBox Open source apps in the cloud Kimbro Staken CEO
Kaltura Video platorm Linda Drabik Director of business development
Likewise Software Active Directory integration Tracy Lothringer Director of Strategic Alliances
Mandriva S.A. Linux Gaurav Parakh V.P. Partnership Network
Mindtouch Inc. Enterprise collaboration software Aaron Fulkerson CEO
Open-Xchange Inc. Groupware Stephan Martin Head of Professional Services
Plat’Home Co., Ltd. Micro Linux servers Martin Killmann International Sales
Qumranet.com Virtualization Craig Bauman VP, Sales and Channels
rSmart College applications Tom Chapman CFO & VP Business Development
StarPound Technologies, Inc. Business process management Robert Shoe VP Business Development
Good OS Operating systems David Liu Founder
Varien, the Magento company E-commerce software Chris Marshall Business Development Manager
Voiceroute LLC Unified communications Ming Yong CEO
Xandros Corp. Linux Dirk Vanderwal Vice President of Sales
Zarafa Microsoft Exchange alternative Brian Joseph CEO
Zenoss Inc. Systems and network monitoring Brian Riley Director, Global Alliances
Zmanda Inc. Backup and restore Rich Nave Partner Account Manager
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